Hi Dean;

OpenWRT.org uses the MoinMoin wiki with a "docbook" plugin.  That's
collaborative documentation in a wiki with a managable (ie "we might
manage to xslt it") output.

FYC

Allan



On 1/15/07, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> It might just be me, but I think it's pretty obvious that we need to
> generate documentation that's easily accessible and easily editable by
> the community at large. I see there's
> http://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build/wiki and
> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost.Build_V2
> -- which one should be used, and is there an effort to actually start
> generating (more) documentation about Boost.Build and Boost.Jam ?
>
> I feel there's nothing wrong with using quickbook+boostbook to
> document Boost.Jam and Boost.Build, but downloading the Boost
> Distribution and having to wade through how to actually build Boost
> and the other tools causes somewhat a circular dependency problem --
> and can be considered a serious barrier to entry. Not to mention that
> it's pretty complex to develop documentation collaboratively in this
> method, where it takes a considerable while between writing and
> copy-editing and eventual release (and even the full cycle).
>
> Though some of us have been successful and able to figure out how
> Boost.Build and Boost.Jam (and even quickbook+boostbook) work, some of
> us (me included) have very short attention spans and wouldn't want to
> go through all that again just to explain it to someone else.
>
> So if there isn't already an effort, I would like to volunteer some of
> my time going over what we already have and collate information and
> have it consolidated somewhere convenient.
>
> Now the question is, where should I start?
>
> --
> Dean Michael C. Berris
> http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/
> mikhailberis AT gmail DOT com
> +63 928 7291459
>
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